Craig: More money not incentive to stay

2:35 PM,
May 6, 2013

Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig

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UPDATE: Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig says higher pay wouldn't persuade him to stay on as police chief here, should Detroit offer him its top job this week, as speculated by a Detroit News columnist Sunday morning.

"It certainly is not money," Craig said Monday afternoon, when asked what it would take to keep him here. "It is not appropriate or an incentive. We're facing a staffing reduction (and) officers haven't had a raise in something like six years."

Council members and others have called on City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. to find a way to entice Craig to stay, but Craig didn't list any ...